12th Jan 2005 08:58
RM PLC12 January 2005 RM's learning software products take four awards at BETT 2005 RM plc, the UK's leading supplier of ICT and other services to education, ispleased to announce that its learning software products have been major winnersin this year's BETT awards. The Group won awards in four categories: softwarefor English at Key Stage 1 and 2; software for Maths at Key Stage 1 and 2;software for Maths at Key Stage 3 and 4; and supporting school management.BETT awards are given to ICT products and services that demonstrate exceptionaltechnical quality and educational appropriateness. This year more than 300products were nominated in the 13 categories; the winners were voted for by apanel of expert judges from a shortlist of 42 products. BETT awards aresupported by Becta, the government agency with responsibility for developing theuse of ICT in schools. Commenting on RM's BETT award success, Tim Pearson, CEO of RM, said: "I'm delighted that our commitment to educational and technical excellence hasbeen recognised in the BETT awards. We work closely with our customers todevelop products that help teachers to teach and learners to learn; it's thispartnership that allows us to create products and services that genuinely meetclassroom needs." - Ends - For further information, please contact: Phil Hemmings, RM plc 08709 200200 Fiona Laffan/Mark Antelme, Brunswick 020 7404 5959 Notes to Editors: BETT 2005 takes place at Olympia, London from the 12th January to the 15thJanuary 2005. It is the year's major meeting point for the UK educational ICTcommunity and also attracts significant interest from international educationalinfluencers and policy makers. With approximately 550 exhibitors and 25,000attendees, it is believed to be the world's largest educational technologyexhibition. RM's award-winning products are: •Easiteach Literacy - software for English at Key Stage 1 and 2 •Easiteach Maths - software for Maths at Key Stage 1 and 2 •MathsAlive - software for Maths at Key Stage 3 and 4 •Kaleidos - supporting school management RM was also a shortlisted finalist in three further categories: •Software for science at key stage 1 and 2 •Secondary hardware •Early years and primary software, content and tools This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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